Dhu al-Qadah is the second month of the Islamic calendar and it is the month which comes after Shawwal . Dhu al-Qadah 2023 starts from 21 May to 19 June 2023. Dhu al-Qadah is one of the four sacred months in Islam during which warfare is prohibited, hence the name "Master of Truces".
The Islamic calendar is lunar and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. The Islamic calendar year has 354 or 355 days in a year, which is 11 to 12 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar. The Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar based on the earth's revolution around the sun.